Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

My stomach is like wine which is unable to get out; like skins full of new wine, it is almost burst.

New American Standard Bible

“Behold, my belly is like unvented wine,
Like new wineskins it is about to burst.

King James Version

Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.

Holman Bible

My heart is like unvented wine;
it is about to burst like new wineskins.

International Standard Version

My insides feel like unvented wine, like it's about to burst like a new wineskin.

A Conservative Version

Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent. Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst.

American Standard Version

Behold, my breast is as wine which hath no vent; Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst.

Amplified


“My belly is like unvented wine;
Like new wineskins it is about to burst.

Darby Translation

Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; like new flasks, it is ready to burst.

Julia Smith Translation

Behold, my belly as wine it will not open; it will break open as new wine skins.

King James 2000

Behold, my belly is as wine which has no vent; it is ready to burst like new wineskins.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Look, my internal organs [are] like unopened wine, like new wineskins it is [ready] to burst open.

Modern King James verseion

Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; it bursts like new wineskins.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Behold, I am as the new wine, which hath no vent, and bursteth the new vessels in sunder.

NET Bible

Inside I am like wine which has no outlet, like new wineskins ready to burst!

New Heart English Bible

Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; like new wineskins it is ready to burst.

The Emphasized Bible

Lo! my bosom, is like wine not opened, Like new wine-skins, it will burst.

Webster

Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.

World English Bible

Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; like new wineskins it is ready to burst.

Youngs Literal Translation

Lo, my breast is as wine not opened, Like new bottles it is broken up.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּטן 
Beten 
Usage: 72

is as wine
יין 
Yayin 
Usage: 140

פּתח 
Pathach 
Usage: 143

it is ready to burst
בּקע 
Baqa` 
Usage: 51

חדשׁ 
Chadash 
Usage: 53

References

American

Easton

Context Readings

Elihu Rebukes Job And His Three Friends

18 For I am full of words, I am unable to keep in my breath any longer: 19 My stomach is like wine which is unable to get out; like skins full of new wine, it is almost burst. 20 Let me say what is in my mind, so that I may get comfort; let me give answer with open mouth.

Cross References

Matthew 9:17

And men do not put new wine into old wine-skins; or the skins will be burst and the wine will come out, and the skins are of no more use: but they put new wine into new wine-skins, and so the two will be safe.

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